I Was BLIND!

Near the end of my pregnancy with Ryan, I developed preeclampsia. And because I'm nerdy like that, I researched that condition a lot. I knew all the possible things that could happen to me, including seizures, strokes, blindness and even death. Thankfully, that pregnancy had a wonderful outcome but it was still worrisome.

Needless to say, during this pregnancy the fear of developing preeclampsia again has always been in the back of mind. Not something I've been actively worried about but definitely something that I think about from time to time.

A couple of weeks ago, I woke up around (I think) 2:30 in the morning for what felt like my 15th bathroom run to absolute pitch black darkness. I couldn't see a thing. Not.one.single.thing. I held my hands in front of my eyes: nothing! I turned toward my nightstand, felt around for my alarm clock and held that in front of my eyes: nothing! Felt around for my lamp and turned it on: nothing! Turned around, felt for the curtains, ripped them open, looked outside: NOTHING! No stars, no moon, no street lights, no house lights. Nothing! By this point, I was in a near panic, pretty darn close to tears. I just knew that I had gone blind. Everything was black! I was convinced I had developed preeclampsia and it had gotten so bad that I was now blind.

I decided to try one more thing. I climbed out of bed, stumbled blindly across the room to my dresser, picked up my cell phone and pressed a button. Light! OMG! I wasn't blind!! I could see my phone! Hallelujah! It was a miracle!!

So, here I was in the midst of my blond moment for the year, quite possibly the decade. Turns out the power had gone out. Not just at our house, but in the entire neighborhood which explained why I couldn't see anything outside either.

So I proudly woke my husband up to proclaim: "I'm not blind!! Donnie!! I'm not blind!!!!!"

I probably don't need to describe the look I received from him....

Pregnancy Update!

Just a reminder to check out my pregnancy journal (located in the blog list to the right). I've put up some ultrasound pictures and a GENDER UPDATE!!

Check it out!!

Popsicle Time!

One of Ryan's favorite things in the whole word is a popsicle. And he always asks for the same color everytime: "Boo." I just thought these pictures were too cute not to share. Oh and please ignore his dirty face....the boy loves playing in the woods with his daddy.

Easter!

Ryan had so much fun with his Easter basket this year! It was full of little plastic eggs and each egg held "candy" (little egg shaped fruit snacks).

His bunny glasses....he wasn't too thrilled with these at first.

We then went to Donnie's family reunion (Sorry, no pictures! I forgot my camera!), then to my parents' house where Ryan had an Easter Egg Hunt (Again, no pictures! Oops!) and then Ryan learned how to fly a kite. He did it all by himself! I was so proud of my big boy!

Playing ball with Grandma and Grandpa...

I just love these pictures of Ryan!